Okay, I just brushed up a bit on toolbars (wow, it's been a *very* long time).
How did you create the instance of RBSStopButtonToolbarItem in the nib? From the docs, I learned that you can drag a view (in your case a button) from the IB palette into the Allowed Toolbar Items area. This should create exactly what you wanted: a view-based toolbar item containing an NSButton. Then you could: * Set the class of the toolbar item to your custom class. * Set the button's image, alt image, and target in IB. See <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Toolbars/Articles/ToolbarInIB.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008136-SW3>. Also, aren't you getting lots of NSLog messages from your validate method? Validation occurs with every mouse click and keypress, which means you're assigning a brand new NSButton to _button over and over and over. The stuff you're doing in validate would typically be done in awakeFromNib. Check the documentation for awakeFromNib; it explains a lot about nib loading. BUT it seems to me you don't need any code to create the button. You can do it in IB. What *should* go in the validate method is logic to enable or disable the button as appropriate at any given time. So you'll still want RBSStopButtonToolbarItem to have a button property, but you'll want to: * Add IBOutlet to the property declaration. * In IB, connect the toolbar item to the button. * Implement -[RBSStopButtonToolbarItem validate] to enable the button if a "Stop" operation makes sense, otherwise disable it. --Andy On Apr 25, 2014, at 1:23 AM, "Peters, Brandon" <bap...@my.fsu.edu> wrote: > I tried and nothing. The IBOutlet is on the NSToolbarItem custom class. Here > is my custom class: > > @interface RBSStopButtonToolbarItem : NSToolbarItem > { > NSButton *_button; > } > > @property (readwrite) NSButton *button; > > @end > > @implementation RBSStopButtonToolbarItem > > @synthesize button = _button; > > -(id)initWithItemIdentifier:(NSString *)itemIdentifier > { > self = [super initWithItemIdentifier:itemIdentifier]; > > if(self) > { > // set min and max size > [self setMinSize:NSMakeSize(32.0, 32.0)]; > [self setMaxSize:NSMakeSize(32.0, 32.0)]; > > NSLog(@"Self: %@", self); > > } > return self; > } > > -(void)validate > { > NSLog(@"Validate called..."); > // set the original and alternate images...names are "opposite" > > _button = [[NSButton alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0, 0, 32, 32)]; > > //[_button setFrameSize:NSMakeSize(32.0, 32.0)]; > > NSImage *image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"StopButtonAlternateIcon"]; > [image setSize:NSMakeSize(32.0, 32.0)]; > [_button setImage:image]; > > image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"StopButtonIcon"]; > [image setSize:NSMakeSize(32.0, 32.0)]; > [_button setAlternateImage:image]; > > // image position > [_button setImagePosition:NSImageOnly]; > > // set button type > [_button setButtonType:NSToggleButton]; > > // button is transparent > [_button setBordered:NO]; > > // set the toolbar item view to the button > [self setView:_button]; > } > > @end > > The images will display, but the action does not seem to “connect”, even > though it is done in IB. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
